Purpose

Addition of education capital projects and
funding to the capital programme.

Decision

That Cabinet
 
1.    
Approves the proposals relating to Lighthorne Heath Primary School as follows:
 
a.    
Relocate the school to a new school site and increase the capacity
from 91 places to 420 places (two form entry)
b.    
Establish specialist resourced provision for up 14 learners with
SEND;
c.    
Recommends to Council the addition of £16.467m to the
capital programme to deliver the scheme at Lighthorne Heath Primary School which will be
funded from developer contributions, the School Condition Allowance
and the Department for Education (DfE) Basic Need Grant;
 
2.    
Approves the proposals relating to Shottery St Andrew’s CofE Primary School as
follows:
 
a.    
Relocate the school to a new school site and increase the capacity
from 105 places to 420 places (two form entry);
b.    
Establish specialist resourced provision for up 8 learners with
SEND.
c.    
Recommends to Council the addition of £15.573m to the
capital programme to deliver the scheme at Shottery St Andrews CofE Primary School which will
be funded from developer contributions, the School Condition
Allowance, an education capital receipt and the DfE Basic Need
Grant;
 
3.    
Recommends to Council the addition of £5.347m to the
capital programme to deliver the scheme at Myton Gardens Primary
School. This will be funded by developer contributions and the DfE
Basic Need Grant.
 
4.    
Approves the addition to the capital programme of £1.500
million to deliver the scheme at Stratford upon Avon School and
£0.310 million to deliver the scheme at The George Eliot
Academy. Both schemes will be funded by developer
contributions.
 
5.    
Approves £0.600 million for the delivery of the disability
and access block header and £0.163 million to deliver the
scheme at the Coleshill Learning Pod. Both schemes will be funded
be funded from the High Needs Capital Grant.
 
6.    
Approves the addition to the capital programme of £0.400
million to deliver the safeguarding and security block header, to
be funded from the School Condition Allocation.
 
7.    
Subject to Council’s agreement to the required additions to
the Capital Programme, the Executive Director for Children and
Young People is authorised, in consultation with the Portfolio
Holder for Finance and Property, to invite tenders and enter into the appropriate contracts or (where the
scheme is school led) to make the necessary funding arrangements
for these schemes on terms and conditions considered acceptable to
the Executive Director for Resources.